Resilient wheel.



A. F. GLASER n J. OLSEN-- BEBILIENT WHEEL. APPLIOATION FILED 00'1'. 25.1907.

lPatented Feb. 16, 1909.

useful Improvements UNITED STATES FnTFNT OFFICE.

ADAM F. GLASER, F JERSEY CITY, AND

JOHN OLSEN, 0F WHIPPANY, NEW JERSEY,

ASSIGNORS 0F ONETHIRD TO GEORGE W. CRANE, 0F RAEWAY, NEW JERSEY.

BESILIENT WHEEL.

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Patented Feb. 1'6, 1909.

Appleman and caoba as, 1901. sum1 No. ssaoss.

To all whom 'it may concern.'

Beit known that we, ADAM F. Gassen, of Jersey City Hudson county, New Jersey, and Joins Olsen, of Whippan Morris county New Jersey, have invente in Resilient Wheels, of

4which the following is a specification. V

`said blocks and having camlike The object of our invention is to provide improved means for resiliently cdrmecting the hub of a wheel with its axle, to reduce the jar and shock transmitted from the wheel when running on the road.

The invention comprises a hub, movable blocks'on opposite s'ides of the axis of the hub, a head Member interposed betfween aces, springs interposed between said blocks and hub, and meansfor slidably and rotativel connecting said blocks with the hub, al whereby the axle and hub will be resiliently connected and whereby the axle will rotate the hub, or vice versa.

The invention further comprises the novel details of improvement and combinations of parte that will be more fully hereinafter set orth and then pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the sfccomp'anyingrdrawmgs forming part hereof wherein, igure 1 is a side view of a whee embodying our invenrtion, Fig. 2 is a detail view of the hub enlarged, the cover plate being removed Fig. 3 is a vertical section, enlarged, on tra line s, a, in Fig. 1,'Fig. 4 is a horizontal view on the line 4, 4, in Fig. 1, Fig. 5 is a perspective of one of the spring blocks, Fig. 6 is an edge view of part of the axle and its head, F' 'l'` is a face view thereof, looking from the eft in Fig. '6, and Fig. 8 is a detail of the axle head.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corres ending parts in the several views.

he numeral 1 indicates a hollow hub of any suitable construction and connected with the spokes 2 in any well known or suitable manner, and at 3 1s an axle adapted' to Y have free movement in all directions within an opening 1` in the wall 1 of the hub, said opening being 'of 4suiiicient area to permit the aile `to play therein 'to the desa extent. Axle, at the partwthin im :s provided 'mth a head 'or cam niemwna my 'be e; sans to is certain new an x axle,

disk-like portion 4 against the inner face of wall 1h and to close i the opening l, Head ormember 4 on opposite sides is provided with concave or camlike faces4", located on the side of disk 4* opposite axle 3,`Which concave orcam faces engage corres ending convex or cam faces 5 on sliding locks 5 located on opposits sides of head 4. The blocks 5 are shown recessed at '5b and receive coiled springs 6 that bear against said blocks and a einst the walls of hub 1, to press said b ocks against head 4. Blocks 5 have guide ribs or projections 5 which enter gui-de grooves or ways 7' in a disk 7 that is secured at or within the open end of hub 1, as by screws 8, or in other suitable manner, whereby the blocks 5 are guided to slide radially with respect to the axis of hub 1, and yet when said blocks are rotated they will ycause rotation of the hub and wheel by reason of the connection between guides 5 and wa s 7. Springs 9 ma also be inter ose between opposite si es of head 4 anv hub .1 to assist 1n sustaining the axle resiliently with res ect to the hub. Springs 6 and 9 may also e secured at their outer ends to hub 1 and at their inner ends resuitable means. ends of springs 6 and 9 may be through holes in studs 10 and 11 on b ocks 5 and cad 4 respectively, in the manner shown in Fig. 8, and the outer ends of said spring may be passed through holes.the hub 1 and secured by riveting or be." il '1 erlids of the springs, as in Fig. '3.4 ""-it ougli t e l the lock, an the head 4,

springs secured to said arts t e advantage is gained of utilizing t e resistance to expension of the springs as well as to their com ression.

1th a hub arranged as set forth, the Vhead 4 and axle will normally be maintained substantially axially of the hub by the rassure ofthe rings andthe bearing of the aces 5 4of the ,B oks 'against the correspon faces Having the .-P of head; as the'blocks are maintained in relative position 'radially in the idewsy 7 st all times, and when the whe moete obwhich head'has ari annular iiange or adapted to lit and slide spectively to blocks 5 and head 4 by any For this purpose the inne asse 9o ringslma merely rest against the hub,

structionser depressions in the road the shock will be absorbed and the axle relieved correspondingly from tlie shock by 'reason of the fact th at tl.e axle may move freely Within the opening 1 Vof the hub 1l and the cam' faces of lead 4 ma slide against the corresponding faces 5 o blocks 5, the sprin 6 resisting the slidin lr movement of head 4 etween the blocks, .the tendency of said spri l and blocks being to restore head 4 and t e axle tothe normal axial position within the hub, and as blocks 5 may slide in their guidways the head 4 is free to move i'inder the resistance of the springs in required direction; the s rings 9 also resist movements of head 4 in f ii'erent directions relative to said springs. If axle 3 be driven rotational strains from head 4 will be transmitted to blocks 5 and. thence by the guides 5 and guideways 7 of disk 7 to the lhub and wheel. ,By means of our improvements pneumatic1 tires on wh eels may be dispensed with, and an suitable tire 12 may beutilized, such as so id or cushion rubber, metal, or Wood tires, and the resiliency of the axle within the hub obtains advantages of a pneumatic tire without the disadvantages and troubles thereof.

Our invention is A limited to the details of construction an 'arrangements 0f parts set forth as the same may be varied 'Within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having now described our 'invention what we claim is:

1. The combination of a hub provided with an opening to permit free movement of an axle tl. eren, a head for the axle and provided with opposed cam faces, blocks rovided with corresponding faces opposedJ to tl.e faces of said head, sprin interposed be. tween tlfe blocks and the for slidably and rotatively connecting said blocks with said hub. Y. l

i 2. 'I lie combination of a hub provided with an opening to permit free movement of an axle tl erein, a head for the axle and pro vided with opposed cam faces, blocks rovided with corresponding faces oppose to tl e faces of said liead, 'sprin interposed between tle blocks and tle hu said liub beiiig provided with a guideway, and said blocks eing provided with guides received in said guideway for rotativcly and slidably connecting the blocks'with the hub.

3. The combination of a hub provided with an opening ter ermit movement of an axle tl erein, a head locks on o posite sides of saidhead, said head and b ocks having respectively` concavo-convex meeting faces springs interposed between said blocks an t .e hub to press the blocks against the head, and means for rotatively and slidably connecting said blocks with said hub.

ub,- and means 4. The combination of a hub provided with an opening to permit free movement of an axle therein, a head, blocks on op osito sides of said head, said' blocks end hea having co-acting cam-like faces, springs interposed between the blocks and the h ub -to push the blocks against the head, a disk se'- cured to said hub, and guides conneetin' said blocks with said disk for rotatively and slidably uniting said blocks with said hub.

5. 'lhe combination of a hub provided with aii'opening to permit free movement of an axle therein, a head, 'blocks on o posite sides of said head, and cam-like 'aces between said blocks and head, springs interposed between said blocks, and hub, guides carried by said blocks, and a disk secured to the hub and provided -with guideways receiving said guides of said blocks. f

6. 'lhe combination of a liub provided with an opening to ermit free movement of an axle therein, a ead for the axle rovided with cam faces, blocks provided with complcmental faces opposed to the faces of said head, springs interposed between the block s and the hu means for slidabl and rotatively connect-ing said'blocks witsaid hub, and springs interposed between said hub and said head.

7. 'lhe combination of a hub provided with an openin to ermit freemovement of an axle` therein, a icad for the axle provided witlicam faces, blocks provider] with complemental faces opposed to the faces of` said head, s rings interposed between `the blocks and t e hub, and means for slidabl and rotativel connect-ing said blocks wit said hub, sai( springs being securedto said blocks and said hub.

8. The combination of a hub provided with an opening to ermit movement of an axle therein, a hear for the axle prel ided with opposed cam faces, blocks (provided with. complementa] faces oppose to the faces of said head, 'springs interposed be tween the blocks and the hub, and means for lslidably and rotdtively connecting said blocks with said hub arid springs interposed between said hub and said head, said springs being secured respectively to the hub and to tlie blocks and the head.

y 9. The combination of a head provided with an opening to permit free movement ofan axle therein with an axle, a, head secured to said axle and provided with a flange opposed to said opening, blocks on opposite'sides of said head, and cam faces between said heaa and said blocks, a disk 'lisv secured to said hub, vand means for slidabl with an opening to permit free movement of an aide therein with an axle, a. head disk and springs interposed between said secured to said aide and provided with a' hen. and sind. hub.

frange opposed to said opening, blocks on ADAM F. GLASER. opposite sides of said head, cam faces be- JOHN OLSEN. 5 tween said head and said blocks, a disk. Witnessesr "serfurcd to said hub, means for-s1idably and EDWIN HrLnonN,

rotatively connecting said blocks with said MAME F. WAlNRlon'r. 

